The CIDRAP Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Monthly Newsletter is a roundup of the top news, research, and events about chronic wasting disease.
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CIDRAP CWD Monthly Newsletter – March 2022
First detection of CWD in North Carolina, proposed hunting season rule changes and CWD response plan updates at the state level, increased CWD management funds at the US federal level, and more
CIDRAP CWD Monthly Newsletter – February 2022
Considerations for revising cervid farm rules and changes to hunting seasons, the pending CWD bill in US Congress and its implications, CWD surveillance results, and more
CIDRAP CWD Monthly Newsletter – December 2021 & January 2022
First detections of CWD in Alabama and Louisiana, additional support for CWD research, additional cases documented in farmed and wild cervids across North America, and more
CIDRAP CWD Monthly Newsletter - November, 2021
First detections of CWD in Idaho and Manitoba, research on CWD strains in Europe, additional cases documented in farmed and wild cervids across North America, and more
CIDRAP CWD Monthly Newsletter – September & October, 2021
Recorded webinar on CWD in Norway, a bill introduced to US Congress looks to boost funding for CWD, incentives used to encourage CWD surveillance, and more
CIDRAP CWD Monthly Newsletter – August, 2021
Upcoming webinar on CWD in Norway, a study detecting CWD prions in the skeletal muscle of deer using RT-QuIC, and confirmation of the disease on cervid farms in Michigan, Texas, and Wisconsin.
CIDRAP CWD Monthly Newsletter – July, 2021
A call for action from Canada, characterizing CWD strains and their risks from Norway to North America, growing momentum to bring CWD vaccine candidates forward, and more
CIDRAP CWD Monthly Newsletter – June, 2021
Recorded webinars on CWD diagnostics, conservation groups call for federal action on CWD in the US, highlighting ongoing activities and research, and more
CIDRAP CWD Monthly Newsletter – May, 2021
Upcoming webinars on CWD diagnostics, ongoing challenges with the disease in Minnesota, dumpsters used as a means to prevent CWD, and more
CIDRAP CWD Monthly Newsletter – April, 2021
Upcoming webinars on CWD diagnostics, development of a CWD test that can be operated in the field, ear tissue used to detect the disease, updates from Norway, and more
Hunting traditions clash with constant calls for change, continued efforts to develop a reliable CWD test for live animals, states propose and implement new policies to manage CWD, and more
Continued debate regarding the fate of Wyoming's National Elk Refuge, the status of federal funding for CWD research, Montana moves toward in-state CWD testing, and more
CIDRAP CWD Monthly Newsletter – January, 2020
Executive Committee announced, CWD carcass management work group formed, CWD prions detected in deer semen for the first time, updates on cases in farmed and wild cervids, and more
CIDRAP CWD Monthly Newsletter – December, 2019
First CIDRAP webinar on prions, CWD strains, and potential implications for the species barrier; more CWD detected in deer, elk, and free-ranging moose in Iowa, Minnesota, and Montana; CIDRAP carcass-disposal work group and carcass disposal importation rules; and more
CIDRAP CWD Monthly Newsletter – November, 2019
Introduction and overview of the CWD Resource Center, perceptions of CWD in Wisconsin, bleach shown to effectively inactivate CWD prions on contaminated surfaces, and more
